You know what the best keycap of all would be? A tiny light table. If the keycap had a removable base, so that you could print whatever image you wanted onto transparency film, then put it into the keycap and close it up, it'd be an easy way to get a presentable design.

Here's how I imagine it going together:

Code:

____ / \ <--- keycap with transparent top / \

____ <--- design printed inverted on transparency film

____ / || \ <--- key itself (snaps into keycap)

That's a good idea, but let's make it a bit easier to use, as well as cheaper to make.

Make two separately sold kits: one with transparent stickers for those who want a single, semi-permanent solution (and cheapskates. ), and one with snap-on, transparent covers that either have no back, or have a slot at the top-back, and a couple of sheets of pre-perforated transparencies to print custom legends on. (Have a downloadable template for each kit.)(Yeah, I know that the connecting strips don't go far enough in my example, but I didn't notice it until I had them already done. You get the general idea, though.)

After printing and removing extra bits, slip the template under the covers and Voila! Easily customized layouts that can be switched as needed.

honestly, im one of those people who doesn't use the numpad for anything (but the deck 82 is too compressed for my liking) it would be nice if you could make a set of replacement keys for the entire numpad and make it do different things.

Last edited by goneja on Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Thanks to all who provided suggestions here and via other channels (email, phone, etc). If we decide to create a new set we have the feedback required. Topic closed, may create a new thread somewhere down the road.